Shimotsuke no kuni Nasu no hara kinmo hakumen kyubi no akko taiji no ga The Nine-tailed Fox slain on Nasu moor, Shimotsuke, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1834
Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Miuranosuke tsunetane and kazusanosuke hirotsune mounted on horseback killing the the nine-tailed demon fox of nasu moor with spears; their attendants in panic around them, surrounded by tall grasses. Date: circa 1834. Dimensions: Height: 38.70 centimetres (c) Height: 38.20 centimetres (l) Height: 38.90 centimetres (r) Width: 26.30 centimetres (c) Width: 26.60 centimetres (l) Width: 26.70 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Shimotsuke no kuni Nasu no hara kinmo hakumen kyubi no akko taiji no ga 下野之国那須の原金モ白面九尾の惡抗たいじの (The Nine-tailed Fox slain on Nasu moor, Shimotsuke) (BM 2008,3037.20202)